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HEARTBEATS OF HAWAII 



By 
CHARLES EUGENE BANKS 

Author of 

"A Child of the Sun" 

"B]P Two and Two," etc. 



Published by 

Hawaii Post-Herald, Limited 

Hilo, Hawaii 



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Copyright. 1921, hi) Hawaii Post-Herald, Ltd., Hilo, HaWax 



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EAST AND PFEST 



' Amid the rich exotic blooms 

V^ Of Fair Hawaii's verdant shores, 

^P Above the land of ancient tombs. 

Floats free the flag our heart adores. 
And dark and fair through Hilo streets 

Our people cosmopolitan. 
In many tongues, with concord greets 

The day of higher thought for man. 
Ho, ye whose fears the future fret. 
Behold, the East and West have met! 



FRANCOIS VILLON'S ART 

He who would write a triolet 

Must Francois Villon's art renew, 

Must catch a fairy in his net, 
He who would write a triolet 

Must after Master Villon set 
In cobweb mesh a drop of dew. 

He who would write a triolet 

Must Francois Villon's art renew. 



Page Seven 



TRIOLET 

Life is itself a triolet, 

Affection smiles on either side; 
On nothing is the vision set, 
Life is itself a triolet, 
We think this thought the one, and yet 
There comes another thought to fret. 

To question, trouble and divide. 
Life is itself a triolet 

Affection smiles on either side. 



Page Eight 



CALLING 

A brigantine lies in the bay, 

Calling me: "Come out; come over!" 
Be strong my heart to say her nay — 
A brigantine lies in the bay, 
Her sails are up, the breezes play, 

And over yonder is my lover. 
A brigantine lies In the bay, 

Calling me: ''Come out; come over!" 



Page Nitie 



JUST FOR YOU 

When the song sparrow utters his song in the night 

To you, for you, just you ; 
I say is it fair, is it true, is it right 
When the song sparrow utters his song in the night 
That you should go prattling it out to the light? 

Is not absolute silence you cue 
When the song sparrow utters his song in the night 

To you, for you, just you? 



Page Ten 



MARGUERITE 

I wait to meet my Mrirguerite, 

A dainty lass is tht; 
As soft as apple blossoms beat 
Upon the sward her fairy feet 
Will come along the garden street 

To bring my love to me. 
I wait to meet my Marguerite, 

A blithesome lass is she. 



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VOICES OF EVENTIDE 

I love the wind, I love the sea, 

I love the cool, green palm ; 
God's voiceful messengers to me, 

I love the wind, I love the sea. 
With them my soul goes far and free- 

I love them storm and calm. 
I love the wind, I love the sea, 

I love the cool, green palm. 



Page Twelve 



ALOHA 

Give Hawaii but a touch of tenderness, 

You will get a song of rapture every time ; 
You'll unlose a melody with each caress, 

Give Hawaii but a touch of tenderness 
And a thousand happy heartbeats, more or less, 

Will arise to set a measure for your rhyme. 
Give Hawaii but a touch of tenderness 

You will get a song of rapture every time. 



Page Thirteen 



AN HAWAIIAN MAIDEN 

A crimson hibiscus she wore in her hair, 

Glossy and black as a raven's wing. 
Dainty and graceful and debonaire, 

A crimson hibiscus she wore in her hair, 
And out of the depths of her eyes a dare — 

Maile the maid of Hawaii I sing. 
A crimson hibiscus she wore in her hair, 

Glossy and black as a raven's wing. 



Page Fourteen 



THE TENNIS COURT 

By leafy trees 'twas well shut in, 

The tennis court 
A kiss — you cannot call it sin — 
By leafy trees 'twas well shut in, 
Was it my heart he tried to win, 

Or was't in sport? 
By leafy trees 'twas well shut in, 

The tennis court. 



Page Fifteen 



JEANETTE 

As light as thistledown she danced, 

But not so light her heart. 
Ah, had that meeting never chanced — 
As light as thistledown she danced, 
Where music rang and jewels glanced. 
And laughed and played her part — 
As light as thistledown she danced, 
But not so light her heart. 



Page Sixteen 



SEA SONG 

In the land of the cocoa palms 

On the shore of the foam-flecked sea, 
With my httle brown maid in my arms 
In the land of the cocoa palms, 
Far away from the harsh world's harms 

There are songs and enow for me. 
In the land of the cocoa palms 

On the shore of the foam-flecked sea. 



Page Seventeen 



IN PASSING 

Two girls I saw in cosy nook, 

The light of laughter in their eyes. 

Soft babbling, like a merry brook, 

Two girls I saw in cosy nook, 

'Twas but in passing, just a look, 

Yet youth came back 'neath happy skies. 

Two girls I saw in cosy nook, 

The light of laughter in their eyes. 



Page Eighteeji 



THE NOTE DISCORDANT 

Hawaii! Hawaii! how lovely you would be 
If mynah birds would only cease their chatter. 

Your waving palms, your tender skies, your ever singing 
sea, 

Hawaii ! Hawaii ! how lovely you would be 

With fragrant blooms the whole year round in every 
bush and tree — 
I can't tell half without I seem to flatter — 

Hawaii ! Hawaii ! how lovely you would be 
If mynah birds would only cease to chatter. 



Page Niiieteen 



BEWARE 

If ever the ship that sails away 
Shall call to your heart, beware! 

You may answer the call; but alas the day, 

If ever the ship that sails away 

Shall carry you out, for you will not stay, 
Or die out of longing there. 

Jf ever the ship that sails away 
Shall call to you heart, beware! 



Page Twenty 



WAITING 

Somewhere out yonder comes over the deep 

A ship with a letter for me. 
Here by the surf my lone vigil I keep, 
Somewhere out yonder comes over the deep— 
I wonder old world how it is you can sleep 

When such great things are to be! 
Somewhere out yonder comes over the deep 

A ship with a letter for me. 



Page Twenty-one 



MAKAI OR MAUKA 

Makai or mauka, she or thee, 

I'm slave to both your wills. 
One on the heights, one by the sea, 
Makai or mauka, she or thee. 
Free as the wave, as sunshine free, 

Ho to the sea — or hills — 
Makai or mauka, she or thee, 
I'm slave to both your wills. 



Page Twenty -two 



WATER NYMPHS 

The nymphs have flown the world, you say, 

And Pan is dead. 
Behold in nooks of Hilo Bay — 
The nymphs have flown the world, you say? 
There bright as sunbeams see them play. 

As stars o'er head! 
The nymphs have flown the world, you say, 

And Pan is dead. 



Page Twenty-three 



TWO BUDS 

Two buds peep at me as I pass, 
So sweet and fair they be — 
I wonder who's the fairer lass, — 
Two buds peep at me as I pass 
And Time turns back his hour glass 

And I am ten, not sixt5^-three. 
Two buds peep at me as I pass, 
So sweet and fair they be ! 



Page Twenty-four 



GYPSY WISDOM 

My palm a tented gypsy read, 

Demure, sly-smiling elf. 
"I see you are in love," she said. 
My palm a tented gypsy read — 
"Tell me with whom. Which one?" I plead. 

She whispered back: ''Yourself!" 
My palm a tented gypsy read. 

Demure, sly-smiling elf. 



Page Twenty-five 



TOWARD THE DAWN 

A presence fills the air today 

That speaks of morning, mild and blue, 

And toward the dawn my steps would stray — 

A presence fills the air today 

Yet here my longing footsteps stay 

Though there my dreams would all come true. 

A presence fills the air today 

That speaks of morning, mild and blue. 



Page Tiuenty-six 



HAWAIIAN DIVERS 

Figures of bronze they pofse, they rise, 
Curve, flash and plunge into the sea; 
Swift pictures made for artist eyes. 
Figures of bronze, they poise, they rise, 
A moment flash against the skies, 
Like gods of perfect symmetry; 
Figures of bronze they poise, they rise, 
Curve, flash and plunge into the sea. 



Page Twetity-seven 



MISS-TAKEN 

She thought she knew her heart, 
And laughed at wooing, 

Till Cupid shot his dart 

She thought she knew her heart, 

But one swift arrow's smart 
Was her undoing. 

She little knows her heart 
Who laughs at wooing. 



Page Twenty -eight 



AN INTERLUDE 

Like Psyche dreaming o'er the keys, 
Such harmony was in her pose, 

No master melody could please 

Like Psyche, dreaming o'er the keys, 

No singing of the Pleiades, 

Nor whispered music of the rose, 

Like Psyche dreaming o'er the keys, 
Such harmony was in her pose. 



Page Tzve?ity-?iine 



AT THE BALL GAME 

The winged ball straight found its way 

To nestle at her feet. 
Far o'er the crowd who watched the play 
The winged ball straight found its way 
To where I long my heart to lay 

Before her, fair and sweet. 
The winged ball straight found its way 

To nestle at her feet. 



Page Thirty 



A SCOTCH LASSIE 

Amidst the trained exotic blooms 

She stood a simple flower; 
Appealing as the Scottish brooms, 
Amidst the trained exotic blooms 
Where pride and fashion filled the rooms, 

And haughty ruled the hour — 
Amid the trained exotic blooms 

She stood a simple flower. 



Page Thirty -one 



A MODERN KNIGHT 

He heard blind Cupid's bugle call 

And armed himself with bow and spear, 
So debonaire and straight and tall 
He heard blind Cupid's bugle call 
And hurried forth to win or fall, 

(For war is far and war is near), 
He heard blind Cupid's bugle call 

And armed himself with bow and spear. 



Pa^e Thirty-two 



AT THE BANQUET 

When eyes of blue — such roguish eyes, 

Are 'cross the table glancing 
Beneath dark lashes — who so wise, 
When eyes of blue — such roguish eyes. 
Demurely fall, demurely rise, 
To still the pulses dancing, 
When eyes of blue — such roguish eyes. 
Are 'cross the table glancing? 



Page Thirty-three 



RIVALS 

What though the girl you love be fair 

With eyes of heavenly blue ! 
My love is dark with raven hair, 
What though the girl you love be fair, 
You think none like her anywhere? — 

Ah, if my love you knew! 
What though the girl you love be fair 
With eyes of heavenly blue. 



Page Thirty-four 



NIGHT AND THE STARS 

Night and the stars! Alone I walk 

The green surf -laced Hawaiian shore, 
And yet, mayhap, old warriors stalk 
Night and the stars. Alone I walk, 
Unless with lovers whose low talk 

Thrilled here in those free days of yore, 
Night and the stars! Alone I walk 
The green surf-laced Hawaiian shore. 



Page Thirty-five 



THE POET 

A poet in a dreamy wood 

I met hard by the moonlit sea ; 

Like one entranced he prayerful stood, 

A poet in the dreamy wood 

Chanting this rhythm : 'All is good 
And flows into the heart of me!" 

A poet in a dreamy wood 

I met hard by the moonlit sea. 



Page Thirty-six 



KAZUKA 

Her name Kazuka, smiling there, 
Dark, softly dimpled, neat; 

Could I refuse a lass so fair, 

Her name Kazuka, smiling there? 

I stooped to touch her raven hair, 
This miss of five, so sweet. 

Her name Kazuka, smihng there, 
Dark, softly dimpled, neat. 



Page Thirty-seven 



PEACE 

Where Mauna Loa swells and falls, 
Another ocean in the sky, 

The Mysterj^ Eternal calls; 

Where Mauna Loa swells and falls 

Is peace serene that so enthralls 
My soul, 'tis there I long to fly 

Where Mauna Loa swells and falls. 
Another ocean in the sky. 



Page Thirty -eight 



DRAMA 

Crush life like the grape, 

Comes drama like wine; 
Dream figures take shape, 
Crush life like the grape, 
While the ignorant gape 

Lips kiss and eyes shine. 

Crusli life like the grape. 

Comes drama like wine. 



Page Thirty-nine 



A BUSY MAN 

A busy man I met today, 

A red rose in his hand. 
He stopped for just a bit to say, 

The busy man I met today, 
"This posie has a sweet bouquet, 

But I am hurried and — " 
A busy man I met today, 

A red rose in his hand. 



Page Forty 



MAUKA 

My heart is mauka with the birds, 

All singing in the trees ; 
I wrestle here with foolish words— 
My heart is mauka with the birds, 
A boy again wi'h flocks and herds. 

In clover to my knees — 
My heart is mauka with the birds. 

All singing in the trees. 



Page Forty-one 



A FAIRY SCENE 

Stand on the Wailuku bridge, 

Look mauka to the falls; 
The moon above the distant ridge, 

Stand on the Wailuku bridge, 
You see sprite, fairy, goblin, midge, 

And Pan melodious calls. 
Stand on the Wailuku bridge, 

Look mauka to the falls. 



Page Forty-two 



EXPECTANCY 

From out a palm tree's sombre shade 

I steal In my canoe, 
Beyond the cliff will come a maid 
From out a palm tree's sombje shade, 
A red hibiscus in her braid — 

If she be false or true — 
From out a palm tree's sombre shade 

I steal in mv canoe. 



Page Forty-three 



CHEER 

My brain was weary, I was sick at heart, 
I ope'd the door, a fragrant lei v.as there! 

Some one, I said would bid me do my part; 

My brain was weary, I was sick at heart. 

But from the air Alohas seemed to start 

While from my shoulders fell a load of care. 

My brain was weary, I was sick at heart, 
I ope'd the door, a fragrant lei was there! 



Page Forty -four 



THE SHIPS AT SEA 

The sea is cruel, yet it brings the ships 

On which our loved ones come 
With words of tender greeting on their lips — 
The sea is cruel, yet it brings the ships — 
Or will it wreck? — God! how the question grips 

The heart until both heart and brain are numb. 
The sea is cruel, yet it brings the ships 

On which our loved ones come. 



Page Forty-fh 



THE HAWAIIAN OARSMAN 

"My lover is an oarsman dark 
As ebony, with eyes of fire," 
She warbled blithely as a lark, 
"My lover is an oarsman dark, 
A prince he speeds his slender bark 

As speeds he to my heart's desire! 
My lover is an oarsman dark 
As ebony, with eyes of fire." 



Page Forty-six 



THE MYSTERY 

He sang the light in woman's eyes, 
While fell upon his scroll a tear; 
He was not great, nor strong, nor wise — 
He sang the light in woman's eyes, 
Like stars that glorify the skies 
When May has come and bloom is here. 
He sang the light in woman's eyes 
While fell upon his scroll a tear. 



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THE FISHERMAN'S CHILD 

Little brown baby with eyes like the night, 

Cuddle thee close to my heart. 
Out where the surf in the moonlight gleams white, 
Little brown baby with eyes like the night, 
Daddy toils for us ; he'll come with the light, 

So must we evermore part. 
Little brown baby with eyes like the night, 

Cuddle thee close to my heart. 



Page Forty-eight 



HER FAN 

The languorous, indolent wave of her tan, 

Love-wrought in the odorous East; 
The rose-wine music of Hafiz that ran 
Through the garden of Shiraz— <leny it who can, 
Came back through the delicate ivory-tan, 

A drowsy, ambrosial feast. 
The languorous, indolent wave of her fan, 
Love-wrought in the odorous East. 



Page Forty-nine 



I NEED YOU NOT 

I need you not, ye stars on high, 

My stars are in her eyes. 
While in her loving arms I lie 
I need you not, ye stars on high. 
She holds the heaven for which I sigh, 

Her love alone I prize. 
I need you not, ye stars on high, 

My stars are in her eyes. 



Page Fifty 



A BRAVE MAN 

A brave man fights for what is right, 

No matter what the odds. 
If he be black or red or white, 

A brave man fights for what .is right, 
And if his heart be clean and light. 

He needs no other gods — 
A brave man fights for what is right, 

No matter what the odds. 



Page Fifty -one 



BIRD SONG 

Father love, mother love, heart of all things — 

Warble your song, sweet bird! 
High in the heaven thy cozy nest swings, 
Soon will thy birdlings be trying their wings — 
Seeking or waiting His mystery brings 

Sometime and somewhere the Word. 
Father love, mother love, heart of all things. 

Warble your song, sweet bird. 



Page Fifty -two 



MY BELOVED 

He gives the ever-moving sea, 

And all the stars reflected there ; 
He gives the dainty fingered breeze 
That gives the ever-moving seas ^ 
The ripples and the curves of these 

That make my ocean home so fair. 
He gives the ever-moving seas 
And all the stars reflected there. 



Aloha 



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